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Studying postgraduate medicine

  • 01-08-2009 10:48pm
    #1
    rejkin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭


    Im quite interested in studying medicine as a postgraduate in trinity but I couldnt seem to find straightforward information on their site, Im currently going into higher degree mechanical engineering in ITT and want to know what the requirements are for to do the postgrad. I know they do it I just cant seem to find the requirements needed.

    Does anyone know what is required or even who I contact about it? It would be a great help if anyone did :D


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  • #2
    Pet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,579 ✭✭✭Pet


    You won't find information about it. There are places reserved for postgraduate students [in times past, when there were both a 5- and 6-year courses, they got the 5-year course], but it's all very unofficial, because they like to give them to international students [who pay more] if at all possible.


  • #3
    rejkin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭rejkin


    hmm interesting. Thanks for that,ill still give them a call to see about it


  • #4
    Kwekubo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭Kwekubo


    Pet wrote:
    You won't find information about it. There are places reserved for postgraduate students [in times past, when there were both a 5- and 6-year courses, they got the 5-year course], but it's all very unofficial, because they like to give them to international students [who pay more] if at all possible.
    Doesn't sound quite right.

    Trinity doesn't have a graduate-entry medicine programme. Applicants who aren't using the results of their school-leaving examinations apply to the undergraduate programme as mature students; this doesn't necessarily require you to have done a degree, but your engineering degree would be taken into consideration as part of that process.

    EDIT: Plenty of info here: http://www.tcd.ie/maturestudents/content/pdf/45117%20TCD%20Mature%20Guidelines%20%28Screen%29.pdf


  • #5
    rejkin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭rejkin


    That pdf file still says you need to have a grade B or higher in two of physics,biology or chemistry,it still means that the leaving cert is taken into account which defeats the whole purpose of what im trying to do, I never did two science subjects in school so I cant get into it that way.


  • #6
    mrsladybug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭mrsladybug


    Hi rejkin,

    Trinity don't do an official postgrad course in medicine, but if you're interested in postgrad medicine generally, UCD, RCSI, UL and UCC all do a separate medicine degree for postgrads. It's 4 years and requires you to have a 2:1 in your primary degree (which can be in anything) and then to sit an exam called GAMSAT (plenty of info in other threads). I realise if you're set on going to trinity (not sure why you would be!) this will be of no help to you but if you're considering medicine in general might set you on the right track :D


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